2009 season
In his 10th season at the club, Leon Davis arguably enjoyed a career-best year in the black and white stripes. The 28-year-old spent more time in the midfield than in seasons past and thus increased his disposal output, averaging a career-high of 20.5 per game.
Davis was rewarded for his 2009 efforts with a place in the AFL All-Australian forward line (first time in his career) as well as polling his best return at the Brownlow with 10 votes.
The Perth-native signed a two-year contract extension earlier this season to keep him at the club until the end of 2011.
2009 highlights
Round 9 v West Coast: Davis made the most of his home coming with a 32-disposal and three-goal effort in front of a packed Subiaco Oval. Without five of its first-choice forwards, Collingwood relied on Davis’ scoring efforts with a memorable performance in a round celebrating Indigenous players.
Round 15 v Western Bulldogs: In a one-point thriller under the roof on Sunday afternoon, Davis electrified the crowd in a breakout third term booting three majors while collecting eight touches. He finished the match with four goals which tied for his highest return of the year (Davis kicked four against Richmond in Round 20).
Paul Hudson (forward assistant coach) says: Being chosen All-Australian is a magnificent achievement. He did statistically have a good year. His conversion was down for the classy player he is (59.3%) and it's something he needs to work on.
2009 AFL statistics
| G | K | H | D | M | G | B | T | C |
| 23 | 15.3/65% | 5.2/88.3% | 20.5/70.9% | 4.7 | 1.5 (35) | 1.0 | 4.2 | 2.1 |
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